03-03-2008, 09:30 AM
Quote:Nice theory, Brennius, but there are a couple of factors that militate against this.
1. Dacians are never shown depicted with the two-handed falx. ( so therefore likely never used it).
It is only ever shown wielded by Germano/Celtic/Thracian Bastarnae tribesmen, who, along with the Sarmatian Rox-Alani appear as Allies of the Dacians
As has been stated in the other thread on the falx in Allies & Enemies of Rome, actual examples of falxes have been found in Dacian hillforts, so it was almost certainly not just a weapon of the allies in this case.
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
